Venue details
Address (not for correspondence):
The Scout Hall, Oysterfields, Everlasting Lane,
St Albans, Hertfordshire, AL3 5UP
Opening hours
Days & Times: 1st & 3rd Saturdays of month, 9.45am to 11.45am
Centre charges
No charge for service
Services available here
Supported family time
Handover
Accepts self referrals
Accredited
Not For Profit
To make a referral,
contact:
Address: c/o Censeo House, 6 St Peters Street, St Albans, Herts, AL1 3LF
Telephone: 07881 443561
Alternative: 07881 443561
Contact
Website: www.stalbanschildcontactcentre.org.uk
Telephone: 07881 443561
Alternative: 07881 443561
This centre is accredited to provide supported contact
Accreditation is a way of checking that your contact centre is safe and meets our standards.
How is a centre checked?
An assessorSomeone working on our behalf who has experience and an interest in child contact services and must assess if a service meets our standards. looks round the rooms, toys, equipment, and any outside play areas to make sure that they are safe and good for you to use. They talk with the people at the centre to make sure that they are trained and helped to do their job as well as possible. They then check the informationThe assessor checks through the centre’s accreditation portfolio which includes policies, procedures, risk assessments, reports (if the service offers supervised contact) and information for families. on what happens at the centre and how it keeps you safe.
When the assessor is happy that a centre meets our standards then they are awarded their accreditation and you can find them on this website. Accreditation happens every three years with extra checks if needed.
Accreditation Summary
Date: 26/05/2024
Summary:
St Alban’s Abbey child contact centre opened in 2011 as a registered charity and initiative of the St Alban’s Cathedral Mothers’ Union, where several of the volunteers are still members. The centre operates in the Scout Hall, which is on the Oysterfield Estate, a twenty-minute walk from the town centre. It is also on a local bus route and provides ample parking.
The scout hall is warm, and well-lit with a good variety of toys available – all in excellent condition and spaced appropriately around the room.
The centre has a detailed, bright, and inviting website and leaflets with a range of information included on these for the families that may use the centre. This information helps them to anticipate everything from making a referral to the appropriate steps to take if they are unhappy or feel unsafe.
The Secretary and Administrator worked proactively with the assessor throughout the accreditation process, providing all the necessary documentation and were very knowledgeable about what was happening in the centre. Any recommended actions following the visit are now complete meaning the service meets the standards for supported contact accreditation.
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